[goldstategop]

I'm a Jonesing Jones for the GOP. LOL! I was born in 1962.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[SargeK]

That would describe me, and I am safely in the R column - always have been.

[Vigilanteman]

As another generation Joneser, this is actually a pretty interesting theory. The early boomers often had the world handed to them because they arrived first to the world of postwar prosperity, relatively uncrowded schools and less intense competition.

Some of them (like our current President) had their time of indulgence, but grew up once they saw the later boomers coming up behind them . . . offering them both competition and a helping hand. Others of the early boomers (like Bill and Hillary and most of Hollywood), had the world handed to them and repaid it by doing drugs, sex and retreating into the make-beleive world of radical politics.

Some of the later boomers tried to emulate them, many settling for lesser positions in academia and government. Most of us, however, said screw it and got introduced to the hard knocks of the real world, some by choice, some because there were simply not enough positions left in the make-believe world of academia, media, government and law. A lot of us have grown real tired of supporting the lifestyles of those who proceeded us into the world by 10 years or less and managed to worm their way into positions by default that we've had to earn through competition. We have to be careful not to paint all government workers with the broad brush of lazy entitlement junkies because some of them have worked just as hard to get where they are as those of us who work in the private sector and support worker bee and drone alike in the public sector with our taxes.

[Stegall Tx]

I'm a '63 model, myself. Proud to say that I voted for Ronald Reagan in the Middle School election of 1976. Yeah, I know he wasn't on the official ticket, but I just couldn't bring myself to vote for Ford.

[incredulous joe]

Hey, 1963 here. Just trying to keep up. I've always rejected the "boomer title". Reagan was the first president that I ever voted for.

[Lancey Howard]

Huh. I guess I'm a Jones, too. Pretty close to the (older end) cusp, though.

[rep-always]

Me too. 1961. Yeay I made the difference for President Bush in Florida 2000.

[L,TOWM]

'62 was a VERY good year.

;-)

I have always hated being lumped in with the long-haired, dope smoking, maggot infested hippies that made up too many of the damm "boomers".